The trucker’s hitch is a compound knot commonly used for securing loads on trucks[7] or trailers. This general arrangement, using loops and turns in the rope itself to form a crude block and tackle, has long been used to tension lines and is known by multiple names.[2][3] Knot author Geoffrey […]
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Albert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca (Catalan pronunciation: [əɫˈβɛɾt mun.təˈɲes ˈrɔ.kə];[1] born 26 November 1980) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. Spanish tennis player Albert Montañés Country (sports) Spain Residence Barcelona, Spain Born (1980-11-26) 26 November 1980 (age 41)Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 1999 Retired 2017 Plays Right-handed […]
DeFuniak Springs
DeFuniak Springs is a city on the Emerald Coast of Florida. . . . DeFuniak Springs . . . Take Interstate 10 to Exit 85 (U.S. Route 331) and drive a little bit north to town. U.S. Route 90 also passes through the center part of town. Chautauqua Hall of […]
Fords Bridge, New South Wales
Fords Bridge is a remote outback village in north western New South Wales, Australia.[2] It is located some 824 kilometres from Sydney, and 67.5 km west of Bourke. At the 2016 census, Fords Bridge had a population of 54.[1] Town in New South Wales, Australia Fords BridgeNew South Wales Fords Bridge […]
Swazi phrasebook
Swazi (siSwati) is a language spoken in Eswatini (Swaziland) and South Africa. . . . Swazi phrasebook . . . Common signs OPEN Vula CLOSED Kuvaliwe ENTRANCE Umnyango EXIT Phuma PUSH Fuca PULL Dvonsa TOILET Umthoyi MEN Emadvodza WOMEN Bafati FORBIDDEN Akukavumeleki Hello. Sawubona. (literally, do I see you?) Plural: […]
African Orthodox Church
The African Orthodox Church (AOC), registered as the Holy African Orthodox Church, is an Episcopalian, primarily African-American denomination founded in the United States in 1918 by the joint collaboration of its first Patriarch George Alexander McGuire and of Marcus M. Garvey. It has approximately 15 parishes and 5,000 members, down […]
Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide
The Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide (English: Pontifical Urban College for the Propagation of the Faith) was established in 1627 for the purpose of training missionaries to spread Catholicism across the world (the Latin term “de propaganda fide” means “for the propagation of the faith”).[1] Not to be confused […]
Travemünde
Travemünde is the closest of the boroughs of Lübeck to the Baltic Sea. As the name suggests, it is situated at the very mouth of the river Trave. For hundreds of years, Travemünde has been a popular seaside resort and harbour on the German Baltic coast of Schleswig-Holstein. Daily passenger […]